ESME (now FREYA)

ESME is an adorable little girl, a retriever cross, aged about 6mths but she came as a wee bit of a shock to us as we had been told that she was a boy originally called Tigger.

We were told that Tigger had been bought as a christmas present for the children but bouncy, bouncy Tigger was too much for them. It seemed that HE simply needed a little training, including housetraining, but, apart from that, was an absolute sweetheart.

Eileen, who met Tigger soon sussed that HE is, in fact, a lovely little girl so chose the lovely name ESME for her instead. Apparently she loves everybody, gets on well with the other dogs and is great in the car.

On her arrival from Ireland, Esme was still smiling even though she was very tired after her arduous journey, bless her. What a gorgeous little lady.

UPDATE 28/03/07

Fran, her fosterer, says.

I have changed her name again, I really could not get my tongue round Esme and found it hard to correct her as by the time I had got her name out the moment had passed. Her new name is Kizzie and between a combination of high pitched KizzieKizzieKizzie and home made liver treats she is starting to respond but she has got a long way to go.

She really is the sweetest, good natured, gentle little dog with a face to die for. She will make a fabulous dog for some lucky person. The little boy next door is already in love with her and did not want to give her back when she forced her way through tiny gaps in the hedge into their garden. Because of this, we have spent most of the weekend fencing round the bottom of the hedges and increasing the height of the trellis.

The reason behind her very frequent weeing has now been discovered as she has come into season (very early at just 6 months). Three months after her season, all being well, she will be spayed.

Here is little Kizzie with her new best friend, the very gorgeous, Sabre.

UPDATE on DAISY (as she was then called)

Daisy has just come back from her two weeks with the elderly in-laws. Luckily she did not disgrace us too much. She is a delightful little dog, very bright and not particularly retrieverish. We' are just not sure what she is like?

We spent two weeks in France and bought another lovely little cottage with a bigger garden (and boule court) so that we can start to take the dogs with us. When I get organised I will send some pics of Daisy and the ever tolerant Holly.

Sadly, due to the illness of Daisy's new owner, this forever home didn't work out so she had to be rehomed again this time to Lori, in Wiltshire, who has decided to call her Freya. In Norse Mythology, Freya is the fairest of all goddesses.

UPDATE ON FREYA

Lori says " Freya and I have had a long learning curve - she has not been easy and took a very long time to settle in. It wasn't until about December before she started to respond to me the way I would expect. Anyhow, we are on track now and she improves week by week."

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